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The skeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The bones of the fingers and toes | Phalanges |
| The strongest bone of the face | Mandible |
| Which bone forms the projections of the eyebrows | Frontal bone |
| Largest bone of the human body | Femur |
| Bone that contains an opening allowing the spinal cord to connect to the brain | Occipital bone |
| Bones provide storage for | Calcium and phosphorus |
| The bone that divides the nasal cavity into left and right nostrils | Ethmoid bone |
| Where does blood cell formation occur | In bone marrow |
| Clavicles are located in the | Pectoral girdle |
| The bat shaped bone covering the middle of the cranial area | Sphenoid bone |
| Bone that occurs in pairs and makes up the sutures of the cranium | Parietal bone |
| Cartilage that is flexible and easily compressed | Fibrocartilage |
| Most abundant type of cartilage | Hyaline cartilage |
| The stretchiest cartilage, found in the external ear | Elastic cartilage |
| The order of the curvatures of the vertebrae from cranium down | Cervical curvature, thoracic curvature, lumbar curvature, sacral curvature, coccyx |
| Bone deposit is activated when | Calcium levels are too high |
| Bones remodel based on the demands placed on them | Wolff's Law |
| What hormone is secreted by the parathyroid gland to cause bone remodeling | Parathyroid hormone |
| Which cells secrete osteoid and marks the location where bone deposit needs to occur | Osteoblasts |
| What type of cartilage is the embryo skeleton made of | Hyaline cartilage |
| Bone resorption is activated when | Calcium levels are too low |
| Cartilage from the epiphyseal plate forms columns of cells that divide and push out the epiphysis and diaphysis to lengthen the bone | Longitudinal growth |
| Allows bones to increase their width or diameter | Appositional growth |
| What type of growth creates bone from hyaline cartilage | Endochondral ossification |
| What is the process of bone formation | Osteogenesis |
| What type of growth creates bone from fibrous membranes | Intramembranous ossification |
| Disease that occurs in childhood due to lack of calcium and vitamin D | Rickets |
| Disease causing excessive bone deposit and resorption | Paget's disease |
| Resorption of bone occurs more often than bone deposit, more common in elderly white women | Osteoporosis |
| Disorders where bones aren't properly mineralized | Osteomalacia |
| Cells responsible for breaking down new spongy bone | Osteoclasts |
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